Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-12
GENERAL MARKETS.
Produce and Provi.ionr

ST. Louis. Mo, tug. lo-Flour-Cuiet and
easy w heat opened better advanced a
eariy ihen Tell back e, Only 10 rally and close
&c &c above yesterday- No. red Cash - C;
september -sGIlC. closing lie; October
- ar &C, closing ut - C. Corn higher; cash
81, a;gsc; August @ls a. sac closing at
- &c; September s. as e. closing at gt.C:
october 50 G+o. C. ciJsiUE ~ t0;. oats firm
and higher; cash - ga C. August &c.
September 90; October - 3. q IS e. Corn meal
steady at 8 Of. Whisky steady at 81 o..
Provisions dull and weak Pork lrreuular.
new ST. >. Lard. ST. -. Dry salt meats -
BoNed shoulders = -; long clear : lUGS f5;
20. Bacon Boxed shoulders s. CUGb 90. long
clears and clear ribs = e5C~ 90. short clears
50 I5G9 80. Hams steady atSl3 CoG4 20.
NEW DIRK, Aug. l0-7,oar active IN good
port TOR export Prices steady snd without
change Whe@t-SiOt lots about 20 aud options
.0isc higher, closing firm; export trading
more moderate speculations fairly active spot
No. red 3 deuc elevator; 81 size delivered,
+ August I9'4 de0-sc, closed cO'sC, SeutcMUcr
sOit q -)'4C. closed ~J'sC; October u sc,
closed 81 &c. Corn-Npot lots advanced
fairly active; spot 40. 4J>sc at store; a.. q
30 C at elevator; 5IGjl &c delivered. August
nouinal; September 81 .Q5Us sc Osing at jOtsc,
october jld5l =, c'osIg III j &c; November
D. G52t,c, closing 10 % &C CUtfee-Falr EiO
nominal 1t IyC; options lower and less active
sales $3.50 Gags: AUGUST Sl6 -; september
ST 00Gl1 70; october SII t,c l. .; November
Sl7 3uGl7 .; december ISL 10 rl7 30: Jaruar5
Sl1 5GlI 80, February ; 5JGI 81; March
SIT 2OGlI 80; April SII iOGI1 81 sugar quiet.
fair refining quoted at +G4! 9-l6C; refined
firm and IN good demand; standard \ J-l6C;
granulatGd , lGC; cuuesiJ g-!tu6c MOiaSses
dull Pork active ami firm at SIS = for old
Sl5 jOGl9 10 Tor new. cut meals stead.
Lard higher and moderately active: spctquottt
/ at s. S5ut = september 81 go 20, October
CurCAGt. III. Aug IO.-Secretarv Stone an
nOurced from the board OF trade gallery to-
day that traders In corn wOuii 10 morrow take
charge OF Jge wheat pit, while the wheat
/ traders would take the places la.ely occupied
/ by the corn crowd. no move was rendered
necessary By greatly increased tad ng In corn,
While the wheat crowd had become so sma
7 az to require but little room The hot
wind which blew through the great exchange
room had II same effect on prices that lt had
on the mercury. Everything went up. Opera
tors sW5ltcring with heat were e,ci-ed over the
situa Ion. The signal Service showed no rain
: In the corn belt-uO rain to help the coming
1 acreage of whelt and no rain to help the pas
lures. Reports of ruiued helds were more nu-
merOus and fOrC'Lle than ever. Ocal operator
/ climbed over each other "a attempts - -
chase, with receivers also taking mar a afay
and September corn was bought in tremendous
+ Quantities by the crowd nearly az day IN bulk.
The crowd would sell but would load up again
in bulks of IS a &C. Government reports while
not as UntayOraole as possible, as eN-
/ pCcted by many operators, induced some sell
/ ing at higher prices, but considering the large
| shortage in the hay crop there were operators
! who believed in present If not higAer prices tor
corn. The market opened a. about
. a C higher than the closing prices yesterday.
was firm and advanced with slight change Of
. q. &c. ndcr local sharp dCI-and reacted
some and declined q under better offerings.
/ owing TO 2 desire rehllZe market ruled I'm
settled and closed C higher Tor new and
futures, and &C higher for N av than yester-
Z gay closing prices Wheat was dUller, fe 3turc-
less, though prices advanced nc above yester-
days closing and lett oil with net gain OF &C.
Strength in corn mad much 10
DO with the frmness in wheat but
this negected cereal Is not entirely
. without friends and believers "a Its merits.
Statistics of the movement of wheat continue
/ to favor the bulls, the receipts at primary mar
. kets being light, and the sea GARD clearance5
beyond expectations, The government report
on crops shows no material changes In the con
ditiCn of spring wheat, but the government es-
I Inmates on that crop were gwen no weight
whatever. Provisions showed q stronger un-
dertone in next winters deliveries. which are
receiving increased attention, and the move
ment was even buliish, and for JanUa-
~ H. sustained an actual advance
OF 3Oc, lard Joe and ss.Ort ribs II C.
Pork for SAN months quoted as close as Sl3 w.
Lard at St 80, and short ribs al 50 50 in cash
and near futures. Change for better was less
marked than in July, though highest prices
were the rule. Leading futures closed;
/ Wheat-NO , August 81 sc, september h5%c5
October 7Ilsc. COrn-No y August y .c;
september at sc; october az ~ l-6ci
May at - c. Mess pOrk-Year Si2 30: JAM
ary ST 3OG2[. Iard-Augu5t - 81 a SentEm
Der SIS 81 October 3 81: January 81 81 Short
ribs-August 81 %; September :! - i; october
81 90; January 81 -. Caslt quot, lions were
+ ur, quiet, unchan. ed; No 3 spring wheat
IS No. , corn y; mess pork SIS o., lard So %
short RIBS sides loose, 81 %; dry sailed ihO1l
fers bacon - 1O05 So; short clear SIDES, boxed